FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 6, 2003

 VETERANS’ DAY HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

City government offices will be closed on Tuesday, November 11, in observance of Veterans’ Day, a federal holiday.

•  Emergency ambulance, fire, lifeguard and police services will be available as usual.
• The People’s Open Markets will not be held.
• Parks, recreation centers, municipal golf courses, botanical gardens and the Honolulu Zoo will be open.
• Regular Tuesday refuse material collections will be made and landfills/transfer stations will be open.
• City buses will operate on a Saturday schedule.  Call 848-5555 for schedule information.  The Handi-Vans will operate as usual.

These traffic and parking regulations will be in effect:

• On-street parking will be free, except for the meters on Kalakaua Avenue along Kapiolani Park.
• Parking will be permitted in towaway zones that allow it on holidays.
• There will be no coning of traffic lanes.
• Traffic signals at Kalakaua Avenue and Kapiolani Boulevard will be three-phase to permit mauka-bound traffic to turn left onto Kapiolani Boulevard.
• Motorists are reminded that parking in municipal lots with meters will not be free and that the meters must be fed 24 hours a day.

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